F O R T H E N E X T G E N E R AT I O N O F C I O s
India’s Future CIOs The sixth batch of award winners are highly skilled, savvy and energetic executives who have the passion and determination to make a difference
December 2015 | `100 | Volume 06 | Issue 11 | A 9.9 Media Publication www.itnext.com | facebook.com/itnext | @itnext_magazine
EDITORIAL
A New Beginning
A “This year we had over 3,700 applications— and hundreds of candidates were eminently qualified.” R Giridhar
s we near the close of yet another momentous year in which the ingenuity, fortitude and skills of technology leaders have been tested by a variety of new developments, it gives us great pleasure to present this year’s NEXT100 award winners. This new cohort young and dynamic IT managers, which received their trophies at a glittering function earlier this month, definitely has the ambition, skills and talent to take on the challenges of the top job. The entire IT Next team is gratified—and deeply humbled—by the support it has received from the IT manager community for the NEXT100 awards process. In a relatively short span of time, the awards have become a highly coveted recognition for those aspiring to make it to the top. This year we had over 3,700 applications—and hundreds of candidates were eminently qualified. This places an onerous responsibility on the NEXT100 awards committee us to ensure that the selection process is rigorous and fair. With advice from the CIO community, we have been continuously refining the selection process that includes reference checks, psychometric tests, and extensive interviews by the jury panel. Unfortunately, heightened expectations and increased competition ensure that only a select few make it past these formidable hurdles to become eligible for the NEXT100 award. However, those who did not make it to the awards list this year, should not lose hope. Many amongst this year’s winners had applied in the past—and were successful this year. I would encourage you to learn from the experience—and persevere. Your opportunity will definitely come. I am confident that the 2015 award winners will go on to accomplish great things in the future. Many past award winners have taken up bigger responsibilities and senior roles—and are already making a difference. We look forward to hearing about the successes of this year’s cohort too— as they enter a new phase in their professional careers. With best wishes for the New Year, and our congratulations to all the NEXT100 winners of 2015.
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The sixth batch of award winners are highly skilled, savvy and energetic executives who have the passion and determination to make a difference
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2015
Awardees Sunil Agarwal Rajesh Anand
Niranjan Bal
Raghunath Bal
Narayan Banda
Avinash Bhalerao
Arshvinder Bhatia
Yatish Bhatia
Sridhar Brahma
Bhavesh Champaneri
Maheshkumar Chande
Sanjeev Chaudhary
Chandrakant Chauhan
GSBS Chowdari
Apurva Dala
Pawan Dalmia
Pulak Das
Chandresh Dedhia
Falguni Desai
Rajesh Deshpande
Ankur Dharia
Vivek Digumarti
Sahil Duggal
Sukumar Dutta
Bhavesh Gandhi
Rohit Gaur
Kamal Goel
Vijay Bhaskar Ikkurthi
Ramkumari Iyer
Hanuman Jayaram
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WINNERS | NEXT1OO SPECIAL
Reginald Joseph
Ashish Joshi
Rakesh Kakadia
Puneet Nath Tarun Kapoor Kapil
Nageshwara Rao Karra
Arif Khan
Azmathulla Khan
Deepak Kolekar
Rajesh Kulkarni
Manish Kumar
Mukesh Kumar
Pankaj Kumar
Ranjit Kumar Mangeshkumar Landge
Vikas Madaan
Debasish Majumdar
Abdeali Merchant
Aman Midha
Yograj Mittal
Santosh Mohile
Khizar Mohammed Momin
Subbarao Mukkavilli
Nihar Ranjan Nayak
Nikhil Kumar Nigam
Gopal Oruganti
Dilip Pandya
Akbar Pasha
Hasmukh Patel
Jeetesh Patel
Nilesh Patel
Vivek Pathak
Mahesh Patil
Bashanta Phukon
Anil Porter
Prabhakar Posam
Prashant Prabhudesai
Sanjay Quadros
Kopal Raj
Punit Rastogi
Arindam Sarma
Vishal Shah
Mahammad Shafi Shaikh
Vinod Shaily
Akhil Kumar Sharma
Pankaj Sharma
Paramanand Shinde
Ritesh Shrivastava
Rajeev Singhania
Ajay Srivastava
Srikanth Joghee Subramaniam
Bakul Syal
Shabbir Tayabali
Rakesh Vachher
Chekuri Venkata Vamsidhar
Venugopal Veldurthy
Saravanan Viswanathan
Himanshu Warudkar
Venkata Ramana Anvize Ratnakaram Rodrigues
Sheel Nidhi Shrivastava
Debashis Singh
Gurvinder Singh
Prem Tewari
Linumon Thomas
Minu Thomas
Sanjay Kumar Sharad Singh Singh
Shailendra Tiwari
Alok Tripathi
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THE
PROCESS The selection process for the NEXT100 2015 commenced in June 2015 with a call for applications. The entire IT manager community was informed through a series of e-mails, print advertisements, and the social media. By the first week of August 2015, more than 3,500 aspirants had registered for the process. The selection of the award winners was done through a three-stage process, as in the past years. In the first stage, all award aspirants had to complete a detailed application form—and provide extensive personal and professional information, including education, technical skills and work experience. They also had to nominate referees who could support their claim for consideration for the award. In the second stage, applicants took two psychometric tests to evaluate their personality profiles and leadership styles. Both tests were administered online by Paris-based Central Test International. Every applicant who completed the two tests received a free, personalized copy of the assessment reports for reference.
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3,884 1,564 350 284 IT managers registered for NEXT100 awards process
Referee and supervisor feedback reports were received
Applicants completed the personality profile and leadership tests
Total interviews conducted by the jury members
69% 74% 52% 34%
Of the winners have 16 to 25 years of total work experience
Of the winners are between the ages of 35 and 45
The NEXT100 jury members identified a set of criteria (including education, length and quality of work experience) to prepare a short list of candidates for the interview stage. Every shortlisted candidate was independently interviewed by two NEXT100 jury members. Separately, independent recommendations were obtained for each candidate from the designated referees, including current supervisors. The scores and evaluations assigned to all candidates in every stage of the selection process were input into a proprietary scoring model that assigns carefully calibrated weights to various factors. The final list of NEXT100 award recipients, listed in this book, is an outcome of this scoring model. To ensure that the NEXT100 awards
Of the winners have a job role that is international in scope
are completely fair and unbiased, no member of the IT NEXT editorial team was involved in the selection or elimination of the award winners, nor are editors and staff of IT Next magazine a part of the jury panel. As in past years, the NEXT100 awards program draws on the knowledge and support of the CIO and CFO communities. Forty seven senior executives who comprise the jury of the NEXT100 awards, collectively represent many hundreds of years experience in IT and corporate management, were involved as advisors, interviewers and selectors this year. The jury panel debated, deliberated and decided on the award winner selection process— and conducted detailed interviews of all shortlisted applicants.
79%
Of winners work in organizations with annual revenues exceeding Rs 1,000 crore
50%
Of winners work in organizations with more than 5,000 employees
Of winners report to top corporate managers, like the CEO, Managing Director, CFO, COO or President
57%
Of winners are from service oriented industries like IT & ITES, banking, consulting, telecom and travel
72%
Of winners work in organizations with annual IT budget exceeding Rs 5 crore
63%
Of winners receive an annual compensation exceeding Rs 25 lakhs
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Workplace Competencies Personality Test & Managerial Style Inventory Test All aspirants for the NEXT100 awards take two psychometric evaluations—a personality test and a managerial style test—that are administered by Parisbased Central Test. The results of the tests are factored into the total evaluation of the candidate. All candidates who take the evaluations receive detailed personalized reports that can be used for self development. The Central Test Personality Inventory for Professionals (CTPI-R) test provides an assessment of work related personality traits that play a crucial role in performance. According to the test designers, CTPI-R conforms to the standards of scientific validation set out by the International Test Commission, and the American Psychological Association. The workplace competencies are defined as “clusters of knowledge, skills and attitudes that are predictive of superior performance in a given job”. According to Central Test, the competency scores in the CTPI-R are not a ‘direct assessment’ of competencies but an ‘assessment of proximity’ of the test taker to the profile of others who have demonstrated a high level of that specific competency. The assumption behind this method of evaluation is that people with similar profiles will be more likely to exhibit similar abilities. As the scores are derived from an assessment of proximity to an ideal profile, they give an indication of the extent to which the candidate is psychologically inclined towards high performance on a specific competency. The score on each dimension of competency also provides an indication of the extent to which the person is trainable on each competency. The second psychometric evaluation, the Management Style Inventory Test, assesses a candidate’s aptitude for leadership— and identifies their managerial style. The test uses seven important management dimensions (Innovation, Global Vision, Conceptual, Reflective, Affiliation, Intervention and People-Orientation) to determine the proximity of the candidate’s profile to typical management roles like Chief Executive, Motivator, Project Manager, Entrepreneur, Expert, Strategist and Executive Manager. 10 | ITNEXT | DECEMBER 2015
According to Central Test, the CTPI-R test has been standardized on an international group of 5000+ working managerial professionals. The test uses a continuous scale of 0 to 100% to deduce 21 competencies that are relevant in the workplace. The conclusions are based on statistical studies and theoretical models. This year’s NEXT100 award winners exhibited high scores on work competencies like Resilience, Mentoring Others and Team Building, and low on Supervision and Caution. The biggest differences in scores between the NEXT100 winners and other applicants were exhibited in areas like Authencity, Caution, Mentoring Others and Caution.
Personality Profile The CTPI-R test provides an assessment of work related personality traits that play a crucial role in performance. The test uses 114 questions to measure work personality across 19 dimensions. These dimensions are organized into four groups: People Management, Perception Mode, Self Management and Change Management. The test results are reported on a scale of 0 to 10, with 0 implying a low level and 10 implying a high level of conformance to the behavioral characteristic. The overall analysis of the personality characteristics of the NEXT100 award winners indicates that they scored high on attributes like Optimism, Self Confidence, being Experimental and Trust, while scoring relatively lower on Conscientiousness and Control. When compared to other applicants, the NEXT100 winners exhibited noticeable differences in being Rule Conscientious, and on Trust.
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Authenticity
Challenge 80
Quality Oriented
Caution
60 50
Flexibility
NEXT100 Awardees Other Applicants
Stress Tolerence
70
Networking
40 30
Innovation
Influencing
20 10
Decision Making
Conflict Resolution
0
Reliability
Team Building
Resilience
Understanding Others
Business Accumen
Intitiative
Mentoring Others
Strategic Planning
Conducting Change
NEXT100 Awardees Other Applicants
Surpassing Emotional Stability
Supervision
Self Management People Perception mode Change Management
Affiliation 8.0 7.0
Assertiveness Control
6.0 5.0
Self Confidence
Developing Others
4.0 3.0 2.0
Optimism
Tactical
1.0 0.0 Lively
Trust
Commitment
Conscientiousness
Visionary
Rational
Experimental
Rule Conscientiousness Adaptability
Affiliation
The tendency to be kind, affectionate and open towards others at work Assertiveness The tendency to express and defend one’s opinions and rights in an open, yet correct manner Control The tendency to seek control of the course of events and have one’s own way of doing things Developing Others The desire to support, mentor and encourage others to help them reach their potential and become more efficient Tactical The tendency to be tactical and diplomatic when dealing with others Trust The tendency to be trusting towards others Conscientiousness Carry out tasks in a thorough, meticulous and organised way Rational Refers to the way information is perceived and judgments made Rule Conscientious To strictly follow the rules and moral standards established by society Action-oriented To take initiative and risks, choose action over reflection even if there is uncertainty Adaptability The ability to accept change and novelty Experimental The desire to explore and innovate, sometimes to the detriment of existing solutions Visionary Tendency to understand trends and patterns, and anticipate future events Commitment To draw satisfaction from being dedicated and committed to one’s job Lively Energetic, outgoing, cheerful and full of life Optimism Tendency to hold positive expectations and to easily recover from failures Self Confidence Believe in one’s potential Emotional stability The ability to recognize one’s own emotions and to control emotional reactions Surpassing The tendency to be ambitious, driven and competitive
Action Oriented
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Management Style The Management Style Inventory test assesses a person’s preferred style of leadership and management on seven dichotomous dimensions. Attributes like Innovation, Global Vision, Conceptual and Reflective Thinking, Affiliation, Intervention and People- Orientation are measured on a scale of 0 to 10, with 0 indicating a low level and 10 indicating a high level. The test has 49 questions in forced choice format, and the outcome is a graphical presentation of the inherent leadership qualities and management style. Overall, the NEXT100 group recorded relatively high scores on Innovation, Reflective and Conceptual Thinking, and low on Intervention. The biggest difference between the NEXT100 winners and other applicants was seen in Innovation.
Management Profiles
The Management Style test also provides an indication of how closely a candidate’s profile conforms to a seven salient management roles viz. Chief Executive, Strategist, entrepreneur, Motivator, project manager Executive manager and Expert. The proximity to each role is measured on a scale of 0 to 100%. The management profiles exhibited most frequently by the NEXT100 award winner group are that of Strategist, Project Manager and Motivator. The profile that was least commonly displayed was of that of Chief Executive. When compared with other applicants, the NEXT100 winners tended to more strongly exhibit the characteristics of Project Manager and Strategist.
7.0 Global Vision 6.0
NEXT100 Winners Other Applicants
5.0 Innovation
Conceptual
4.0
90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0%
3.0 2.0
Strategist
1.0 0.0
People Orientation
Reflective
Intervention
Affiliation
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Entrepreneur
Project Manager
NEXT100 Winners Other Applicants Global Vision To approach situations from a generalist rather than a specialist angle. Look at a project’s objectives first before examining the technical, financial and human resource requirements. The priority is to develop a response, integrating the overall parameters Conceptual To use theoretical concepts and analytical models to approach a problem or situation. This type of manager knows how to prepare for the future, plan for tomorrow, and thereby can anticipate problems Reflective To exhibit a calm and collected composure, and maintain equanimity by controlling emotions. Since controlling the emotions is one of the keys to successful negotiations, the manager who is
Chief Executive
Executive Manager
Motivator
Expert
high on Reflective dimension sets a good example Endowed with a spirit of openness and a charisma that generates enthusiasm and motivation for the team Intervention A tendency to work and make decisions independently, often with a managerial perspective. This type of supervision is perfectly suited to projects in their early stages, or in the event of structural changes or a crisis People Orientation Places on priority the satisfaction of employees, team harmony, individual progress and, in general, the integration of a certain code of ethics in the enterprise Innovation The ability to anticipate, to adapt and to “think outside the box” in order to come up with new approaches Affiliation
WHERE ARE THEY FROM?
30
26
Top Professional Certifications
38
NEXT100 Awardees Other Applicants
All numbers in %
27.3
16
State-wise Distribution NEXT100 Awardees Other Applicants
All numbers in %
6
6
17.1
5 3
5.8 6
6.8 5
3.8
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1
2
Madhya Pradesh
Tamil Nadu
Gujarat
Delhi
Andhra Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Haryana
Karnataka
Maharashtra
2
1
1 1 Certified IS Auditor (CISA)
8
1
Six Sigma
10
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
11
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
11
11.9
Project Management Professional (PMP)
12.3
ITIL
2
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Post Graduate Qualifications 34.4
Bachelors Degree
28.8
Other Applicants NEXT100 Awardees All numbers in %
NEXT100 Awardees Other Applicants
28.9
22.1
21.1
All numbers in %
16.4 14.7 22
21.3
11 8.8
8.2 6.8
6.8
15.7
5.9
5.5
5.4 3.4
3.4
3.4
2.7
2.7 1.5
2.7
6.6
1.6
1.6
1.6 Life Sciences
Computer Applications
Life Sciences
Mathematics
Other
Computer Science
3.3
Operations Research
2.5
Other
Electronics
Business Studies
Computer Science
Engineering & Technology
Computer Applications
3.3
Management Studies
Arts
5.7
Commerce
7.5
Physical Sciences
8.8
Electronics
9.8
Commerce
Engineering & Technology
11.5
.6
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Current Age (in years) Less than 30
NEXT100 Awardees Other Applicants All numbers in %
7 2
30 to 34
24 35
35 to 39 40 to 44
4
8 EVP, SVP, VP, CTO, Executive Director
3
Total Work Experience (in years) 1
22
16 to 20
19
21 to 25
10 2 1
NEXT100 Awardees Other Applicants All numbers in %
18
10 to 15
26 to 30
8
16
8
50 and above
More than 30
39
21
45 to 49
Less than 10
37
6
2
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15
50 54
44 COVER STORY | NEXT1OO SPECIAL NEXT100 Awardees Other Applicants
Designations
NEXT100 Awardees Other Applicants
All numbers in %
29
29
Reporting Level
34
27
All numbers in %
25 23
15
14
13
11 8
22 22
15 9
9
11
7
12
Other
Scope of Job Role
NEXT100 Awardees Other Applicants
22
Single company India only Single company regional international
Manager-IT
AVP, Associate Director, AGM
28
24 14
Multiple companies India only
Multiple companies global scope
All numbers in %
9
6
Single company global scope
Multiple companies regional international
VP, GM, Head-IT
CIO, CTO IT Director
CEO, MD, CFO COO, President
1 CSO, CRO Director-Risk
Assistant Manager
Manager, Senior Manager, Program & Project Manager
AGM, DGM, Divisional Manager
AVP, Director, Deputy & Associate Director, CSO
IT Head, General Manager, Chief Manager
7
7
28
20
9
15
18
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IT Asset & Infrastructure Management
30.9
Technology Evaluation & Selection App Development & Management Vendor Management
24.5
Team Members Supervised
Outsourcing Management IT Compliance & Risk Management
21.8
NEXT100 Awardees Other Applicants
Connectivity & Collaboration Management
All numbers in %
Training & Education DB management & administration
17.3
Datacenter Management
14.3
14.3
13.7
13.3 10.9
11.2
8.2 6.1
Key Technology Responsibilities
4.9
4.1 3.2
NEXT100 Awardees Other Applicants
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1 to 5
6 to 10
11 to 15
16 to 20
21 to 50
51 to 100
All numbers in %
101 to 200
More than 200
1.4
41 43
23
54 32
54
45 44 NEXT100 Awardees
28
52 50 48 49 47 47
40 44 42
IT Security & Security Operations
27
Training & Education
25
IT Operations Management
31
IT Compliance & Risk Management
32
Connectivity & Collaboration Management
58
Outsourcing Management
64
App Development & Management
67
Technology Evaluation & Selection
62
Vendor Management
IT Asset & Infrastructure Management
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Top Technology Expertise 48 57
39 55
54
50
37
35
35
32 32
Other Applicants
All numbers in %
64
42 41
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Business & Management Expertise 81
IT Strategy & Planning
75
Project & Program Management
59
Budgeting & Financial Management
68
74
64
Operations Management
87
77
Vendor Management
73 70
Customer Support & Service Mgmt
72
45 47
Training & Education
36
Supply Chain Management HR & Talent Management
95
22
NEXT100 Awardees Other Applicants
44
All numbers in %
34
3
Less than Rs 10 lakhs
4
Rs 10 to 15 lakhs Rs 15 to 20 lakhs Rs 20 to 25 lakhs
Total Annual Compensation NEXT100 Awardees Other Applicants All numbers in %
Rs 25 to 30 lakhs Rs 30 to 35 lakhs
4
Rs 35 to 40 lakhs Rs 40 to 45 lakhs More than Rs 45 lakhs
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6 5 7
2 1 3
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Hobbies & Interests 17
Travel
26 19
Music
17
Cricket
8
Teaching & Education
11
18 13
Reading & Books
17
8 14 11
Photography
9
Cooking
NEXT100 Awardees Other Applicants All numbers in %
15 9
Television
20 18
Social Service
Badminton
22
14 14
25 22 11
22 19
13
22
14 14
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WHERE DO THEY WORK?
Industry Sector
NEXT100 Awardees Other Applicants
All numbers in %
IT & ITES Healthcare & Hospital Travel, Transportation & Logistics
9
Media & Entertainment Construction, Infrastructure & Real Estate
2
Chemical & Petroleum products
6 3
Telecom & Internet Services
5
1
4 4
Utilities & Energy Agribusiness
3
4
3
Professional Services
3
BFSI
3
Manufacturing
9
3
4
Total Employees
4 6
NEXT100 Awardees Other Applicants All numbers in %
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21 14
19
12
15
11
More than 25,000 10,000 to 25,000
26
8
6
13
5,000 to 10,000
10
2,500 to 5,000
17
500 to 1,000
12
6
100 to 250
5 1 1
18
12
5
250 to 500
Less than 50
17 16
1,000 to 2,500
50 to 100
22
7
4 4
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Total IT Staff
Next100 Awardees Other Applicants
All numbers in %
5
Less than 10
18 14
10 to 20 20 to 50
23 19
15 12
50 to 100 100 to 250
13 16
11
250 to 500
9
500 to 1,000
10 23
10
Popular IT Standards Adopted 42
ITIL
27
ISO 27000
25
ISO 9000
22
Six Sigma
18
ISO 20000
12
CMMi
13
ISO 22301
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17
14 15
PRINCE2 BS 7799
18
8
15
21
46
28 27
50
Next100 Awardees Other Applicants All numbers in %
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Annual IT Budget 20
> Rs 50 cr Rs 25 to 50 cr
5
6 13
Rs 10 to 25 Cr
11
Rs 5 to 10 Cr
< Rs 50 lakh
Next100 Awardees Other Applicants
16
All numbers in %
12
Rs 1 to 5 Cr
19
Rs 50 lakh to 1 Cr
39
22
14
7
14
2
Organizational Revenues
Next100 Awardees Other Applicants All numbers in %
15
More than Rs 10,000 cr
9
Rs 5,000 to 10,000 cr
14 11
Rs 1,000 to 2,500 cr Rs 500 to 1,000 cr
11
Rs 250 to 500 cr Rs 100 to 250 cr
7
25 14
9 11
1 6
Rs 50 to 100 cr Less than Rs 50 cr
xx
7
Rs 2,500 to 5,000 cr
27
2
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The NEXT 100 Process
MANAGEMENT
Managing Director: Dr Pramath Raj Sinha Printer & Publisher: Vikas Gupta Chief Operating Officer - 9.9 Tech: Krishna Kumar
EDITORIAL
Group Editor: R Giridhar Managing Editor: Shyamanuja Das
Meet the Jury
Industry Sector
The NEXT100 awards programme draws on the expertise, contributions and support of India’s CIO and CFO community. Forty seven senior executives from India’s leading companies were involved in validating the NEXT100 process, determining the selection criteria, and interviewing the aspirants.
Business & Management Expertise
Technology Expertise 100%
IT Strategy & Planning
80% Project & Program Management
82%
IT Innovation
Sudesh Agarwal Chief Information Officer Sterling Holiday Resorts Ltd
Bhushan Akerkar Chief Information Officer Hindalco Industries
Suneel Aradhye Ex-CIO, IT Advisor, Angel Investor
Sudhir Pal Arya Chief Executive Officer BizTech Advisors
Ajay Bakshi Senior Vice President - Business Transformation Aegis Ltd
Jagdish Belwal Chief Information Officer Tata Motors
Tamal Chakravorty Director – IT and Test Environment Ericsson India
Kaushal Kumar Chaudhary Executive Director Group Head IT & IS Lanco Infratech Ltd
Manish Choksi President - Home Improvement, International & IT Asian Paints Ltd
Rajesh Chopra Senior Vice President - Corporate IT EIH Ltd - The Oberoi Hotels & Resorts
Samir Dhaga Vice President & Head - IT Videocon d2h
Nandkishor Dhomne Vice President- IT & CIO, Manipal Health Enterprises
Rajiv Garg Executive Director CS & IT Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd
Pratap Gharge President & CIO Bajaj Electricals Ltd
Rupinder Goel Global CIO, Tata Communications Ltd
Vishnu Gupta Director & CIO Jana Core Health Solutions India Pvt Ltd
Kinshuk Hora Head - IT (India Sub Continent) GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare
V Ranganathan Iyer VP - IT & Group CIO JBM Group
Sachin Jain CIO (Global IT Operations) & CISO Evalueserve
Sanjiv Kumar Jain Group CIO Spark Minda
Shailesh Joshi CTO & Head Corporate IT Godrej Industries Ltd
Anil Kumar Kaushik General Manager IT & BI Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd
Pramod Krishnamurthy CTO, Birla Sun Life Insurance Co
Nilakantan Krishnan Chief Information Officer Muthoot Fincorp Ltd
Meet the Jury
78%
Technology Evaluation & Selection
73% IT Project & Program Management
73%
71%
Vendor Management
Application Development & Management
64%
64%
Budgeting & Financial Management
IT Operations Management
51%
62%
Operations Management
IT Compliance & Risk Management
51% Customer Support & Service Management
Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing
Total Work Experience
DESIGN
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60%
Hobbies & Interests
Team Size Managed
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NEXT1OO SPECIAL | CONFERENCE
NEXT100 Conference
Audience
The day begins with some self-actualization thoughts. Circle of Life: How to Set Priorities in Life, a workshop conducted by Krishna Kumar, COO, 9.9 Media
The Leaders’ Congregation The mood was celebratory; but the day before the big night was more than celebrations. It was the time to be updated, to collectively think, to bond with each other and to share. Insightful presentations, self-actualization workshops, marathon tweeting, surprise prizes, and more, rounded up the day leading to the awards night.
R Giridhar, Group Editor, 9.9 Media welcoming the delegates
Snapshots…
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ONLINE & MARCOM DESIGN
Associate Art Director: Shokeen Saifi Sr.Designer: Manoj Kumar VP
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NEXT1OO SPECIAL | AWARDS NIGHT
NEXT100 Awards Celebrating the New Leaders
AWARDS NIGHT | NEXT1OO SPECIAL
NEXT100 Awards
Celebrating the New Leaders
Traditional drummers welcome the guests and delegates
Time: 6 pm onwards. Date: December 4, 2015. Venue: JW Mariott Pune It was time for the winners’ night: the night to celebrate leadership; excellence and innovation. It was time for conferring the NEXT100 Awards 2015. Celebration was clearly in the air as the night came with all its grandeur--winning moments, inspiring talks and the best of local folk art. Some memorable moments…
Prof Rajat Moona, Director General, C-DAC and Chief Guest at the NEXT 100 Awards ceremony inaugurates by lighting the lamp, with Vikas Gupta, Publisher, IT Next.
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DATE CENTER VISIT | NEXT1OO SPECIAL
NEXT 100 winners arrive at Ctrl-S Data Center in Navi Mumbai
Visit to Ctrl-S Data Center The second day of the NEXT100 event marked the visit to Ctrl-S data center in Navi Mumbai. India’s future CIOs took the round, clarified their points with the Ctrl-S executives and attended a brief presentation by the company before attending the Lunch, hosted by Ctrl-S
Professionalism does matter. You have to go through the security checks, even if you are a Next100 winner
View from the top of some of India’s top technology managers
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Visit to Ctrl-S Data Center
En route to Mumbai, from Pune
Sr. Photographer: Jiten Gandhi
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Ctrl S VP Suresh Rathod makes a point about Ctrl-S capability
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Meet the Jury
Industry Sector
The NEXT100 awards programme draws on the expertise, contributions and support of Indiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CIO and CFO community. Forty seven senior executives from Indiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading companies were involved in validating the NEXT100 process, determining the selection criteria, and interviewing the aspirants.
Business & Management Expertise
Technology Expertise 100%
IT Strategy & Planning
80% Project & Program Management
73% Vendor Management
64% Budgeting & Financial Management
51%
82%
IT Innovation
78%
Technology Evaluation & Selection
73% IT Project & Program Management
71% Application Development & Management
64% IT Operations Management
62%
Operations Management
IT Compliance & Risk Management
51% Customer Support & Service Management
Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing
Total Work Experience
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60%
Team Size Managed
Hobbies & Interests
JURY | NEXT1OO SPECIAL
Sudesh Agarwal Chief Information Officer Sterling Holiday Resorts Ltd
Bhushan Akerkar Chief Information Officer Hindalco Industries
Suneel Aradhye Ex-CIO, IT Advisor, Angel Investor
Sudhir Pal Arya Chief Executive Officer BizTech Advisors
Ajay Bakshi Senior Vice President - Business Transformation Aegis Ltd
Jagdish Belwal Chief Information Officer Tata Motors
Tamal Chakravorty Director â&#x20AC;&#x201C; IT and Test Environment Ericsson India
Kaushal Kumar Chaudhary Executive Director Group Head IT & IS Lanco Infratech Ltd
Manish Choksi President - Home Improvement, International & IT Asian Paints Ltd
Rajesh Chopra Senior Vice President - Corporate IT EIH Ltd - The Oberoi Hotels & Resorts
Samir Dhaga Vice President & Head - IT Videocon d2h
Nandkishor Dhomne Vice President- IT & CIO, Manipal Health Enterprises
Rajiv Garg Executive Director CS & IT Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd
Pratap Gharge President & CIO Bajaj Electricals Ltd
Rupinder Goel Global CIO, Tata Communications Ltd
Vishnu Gupta Director & CIO Jana Core Health Solutions India Pvt Ltd
Kinshuk Hora Head - IT (India Sub Continent) GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare
V Ranganathan Iyer VP - IT & Group CIO JBM Group
Sachin Jain CIO (Global IT Operations) & CISO Evalueserve
Sanjiv Kumar Jain Group CIO Spark Minda
Shailesh Joshi CTO & Head Corporate IT Godrej Industries Ltd
Anil Kumar Kaushik General Manager IT & BI Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd
Pramod Krishnamurthy CTO, Birla Sun Life Insurance Co
Nilakantan Krishnan Chief Information Officer Muthoot Fincorp Ltd
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NEXT1OO SPECIAL | JURY
SS Kukreja Chief Operating Officer IFFCO Kisan Sanchar Ltd
Sanjeev Kumar Director & Managing Partner ApON Innovative Solutions
Yagnesh Parikh Executive VP & CTO ICICI Securities Ltd
N Jayantha Prabhu Chief Technology Officer Essar Group
Vikas Prabhu CIO - Oil, Gas & Retail Essar Oil Ltd
Girish Rao Head - IT & Business Analytics Marico Ltd
Gururaj Rao CIO, Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd
N Ravishanker Chief Information Officer Tata Sky Ltd
Atanu Roy Senior Vice President Sun Pharmaceutical Industries
Dhiren Savla Chief Information Officer VFS Global & Kuoni Group
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Rahul Mahajan Parmeswar Menon Suhas Mhaskar Vice President - IT VP & Head - Customer, Head - IT (Special K Raheja Corporate Partner, Life Insurance Projects & Digital) Policy Administration Services Pvt Ltd Mahindra Group Systems, SBI Life Insurance Co Ltd
Mukund Prasad Professor - IT & HR Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
MG Raghuraman Chief Information Officer Mphasis
Shashi Kumar Sanjay Rawal Ravulapaty Vice President - IT CTO, Reliance Business Services Commercial Finance Coca-Cola India Pvt Ltd
Vijay Sethi CIO & Head - CSR Hero MotoCorp Ltd
Dheeraj Sinha Group Head - Corporate Management Services Apollo Tyres Ltd
Subhash Chand Mittal Officer on Special Duty - IT IFFCO
Muralidharan Ramachandran Vice President Quality Syntel Pvt Ltd
S Raghunatha Reddy Executive Vice President - IT UTI Asset Management Co Ltd
NEXT1OO SPECIAL | CONFERENCE
NEXT100 Conference
The Leadersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Congregation The mood was celebratory; but the day before the big night was more than celebrations. It was the time to be updated, to collectively think, to bond with each other and to share. Insightful presentations, self-actualization workshops, marathon tweeting, surprise prizes, and more, rounded up the day leading to the awards night. Snapshotsâ&#x20AC;Ś
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R Giridhar, Group Editor, 9.9 Media welcoming the delegates
CONFERENCE | NEXT1OO SPECIAL
Audience
The day begins with some self-actualization thoughts. Circle of Life: How to Set Priorities in Life, a workshop conducted by Krishna Kumar, COO, 9.9 Media
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NEXT1OO SPECIAL | CONFERENCE
Time for some pleasantries and quick chat during tea break
â&#x20AC;¦and some serious discussion too
Nilesh Kulkarni, Lead Pre Sales-West and Jaydeep Deshpande, Head-Marketing India, Qlik Technologies talking on See the whoe story that lives within your data
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CONFERENCE | NEXT1OO SPECIAL
There were prizes for best tweets and most prolific tweeple every half an hour and NEXT100, the official hashtag was alll around Twitter in India
ICT Enabled Human Centric Innovation, a talk by Mehul Doshi, Country HeadProducts and Solutions, Fujitsu
Vijayashankar SVP & CTO, Symphony SUMMIT Software shares his perspectives on Top Trends in IT Operations Management
DECEMBER 2015 | ITNEXT | 33
NEXT1OO SPECIAL | CONFERENCE
The Art of Delegation, a talk by Ashish Khare AVP Projects & Consulting, PC Solutions
Shivanand Wagle, Advisory System Engineer, Stratus Technologies speaks on Fault-Tolerant Availability for an Always-on World
Increase your PC Performance, presentation by Pradeep Singh (Lef), Regional Manager & Rohit Trivedi Product Manager (Right), Kingston Technology
Kaushal SIngh, Marketing Head-HDVC, Panasonic India briefs the delegate on Video Conferencing Solutions for Your Business 34 | ITNEXT | DECEMBER 2015
Amit Chauhan, Security Sales Head, F5 Networks on Protect Your Applications with a Context-based Approach DECEMBER 2015 | ITNEXT | 34
CONFERENCE | NEXT1OO SPECIAL
Time for Lunch and some bonhomie; A mix of North India, continental and traditional Maharashtrian food on the menu, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time for recharge
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NEXT1OO SPECIAL | CONFERENCE
Beyond the bonhomie, celebration and the knowledge sharing, the NEXT100 conference is also also an opportunity to have a look at the latest updates from technology partners. The partner stalls were busy handling queries
36 | ITNEXT | DECEMBER 2015
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NEXT1OO SPECIAL | AWARDS NIGHT
NEXT100 Conference
The Leadersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Congregation The mood was celebratory; but the day before the big night was more than celebrations. It was the time to be updated, to collectively think, to bond with each other and to share. Insightful presentations, self-actualization workshops, marathon tweeting, surprise prizes, and more, rounded up the day leading to the awards night. Snapshotsâ&#x20AC;Ś
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R Giridhar, Group Editor, 9.9 Media welcoming the delegates
AWARDS NIGHT | NEXT1OO SPECIAL
Audience
The day begins with some self-actualization thoughts. Circle of Life: How to Set Priorities in Life, a workshop conducted by Krishna Kumar, COO, 9.9 Media
DECEMBER 2015 | ITNEXT | 31
NEXT1OO SPECIAL | AWARDS NIGHT
Time for some pleasantries and quick chat during tea break
â&#x20AC;¦and some serious discussion too
Nilesh Kulkarni, Lead Pre Sales-West and Jaydeep Deshpande, Head-Marketing India, Qlik Technologies talking on See the whoe story that lives within your data
32 | ITNEXT | DECEMBER 2015
AWARDS NIGHT | NEXT1OO SPECIAL
There were prizes for best tweets and most prolific tweeple every half an hour and NEXT100, the official hashtag was alll around Twitter in India
ICT Enabled Human Centric Innovation, a talk by Mehul Doshi, Country HeadProducts and Solutions, Fujitsu
Vijayashankar SVP & CTO, Symphony SUMMIT Software shares his perspectives on Top Trends in IT Operations Management
DECEMBER 2015 | ITNEXT | 33
NEXT1OO SPECIAL | AWARDS NIGHT
The Art of Delegation, a talk by Ashish Khare AVP Projects & Consulting, PC Solutions
Shivanand Wagle, Advisory System Engineer, Stratus Technologies speaks on Fault-Tolerant Availability for an Always-on World
Increase your PC Performance, presentation by Pradeep Singh (Lef), Regional Manager & Rohit Trivedi Product Manager (Right), Kingston Technology
Kaushal SIngh, Marketing Head-HDVC, Panasonic India briefs the delegate on Video Conferencing Solutions for Your Business 34 | ITNEXT | DECEMBER 2015
Amit Chauhan, Security Sales Head, F5 Networks on Protect Your Applications with a Context-based Approach DECEMBER 2015 | ITNEXT | 34
AWARDS NIGHT | NEXT1OO SPECIAL
Time for Lunch and some bonhomie; A mix of North India, continental and traditional Maharashtrian food on the menu, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time for recharge
DECEMBER 2015 | ITNEXT | 35
NEXT1OO SPECIAL | AWARDS NIGHT
Beyond the bonhomie, celebration and the knowledge sharing, the NEXT100 conference is also also an opportunity to have a look at the latest updates from technology partners. The partner stalls were busy handling queries
36 | ITNEXT | DECEMBER 2015
GROUP
Innovation is life
Frequent Breakdowns in
Mission Critical facilities ?
Data Centers & Server Rooms
®
DataCenter Air Purifier Removes corrosive gases and air borne contaminants. Protects electronic components from corrosion
Certified Media
Based on the most advanced Honeycomb Filtration Technology
• Designed for corrosion-free air in Data Centers and Server Rooms • Reliable solution for corrosion problems • Helps meet ISA 71.04 – 2013 Standards on Data Centers • Easy to install and service Backed by
Service
ISO 9001:2008 & 14001:2004 CERTIFIED
DECEMBER 2015 | ITNEXT | 37
Phone: +91 124 4184444 • E-Mail: bryairmarketing@pahwa.com
www.bryairfiltration.com
Leaders in Air Treatment ... Worldwide
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NEXT1OO SPECIAL | AWARDS NIGHT
NEXT100 Awards
Celebrating the New Leaders
Traditional drummers welcome the guests and delegates 38 | ITNEXT | DECEMBER 2015
AWARDS NIGHT | NEXT1OO SPECIAL
Time: 6 pm onwards. Date: December 4, 2015. Venue: JW Mariott Pune It was time for the winnersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; night: the night to celebrate leadership; excellence and innovation. It was time for conferring the NEXT100 Awards 2015. Celebration was clearly in the air as the night came with all its grandeur--winning moments, inspiring talks and the best of local folk art. Some memorable momentsâ&#x20AC;Ś
Prof Rajat Moona, Director General, C-DAC and Chief Guest at the NEXT 100 Awards ceremony inaugurates by lighting the lamp DECEMBER 2015 | ITNEXT | 39
NEXT1OO SPECIAL | AWARDS NIGHT
Vikas Gupta, Publisher IT Next welcomes winner, jury and other guests as the ceremony begins
Prof Moona delivers his inaugural address …
…and the audience is all attention
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LEADERSHIP TALK
Jaydeep Deshpande Head-Marketing India, Qliktech India
SAkash Saraf Chief Architect, Converged Data Technologies
Rajesh Jain Head-Systems Engineering, F5 Networks
Sunil Sharma VP Sales-India & SAARC, Sophos
Dr Raj Kumar Sharma Vice President-Sales, Arkadin India
D Chandr Sekar EVP Technical & COO, PC Solutions DECEMBER 2015 | ITNEXT | 41
THE WINNERS
Batch of NEXT100 winners with Akash Saraf of Converged Data, who gave away the set of awards
Batch of NEXT100 winners with Rajesh Jain of F5, who gave away the set of awards
Batch of NEXT100 winners with Sunil Sharma of Sophos, who gave away the set of awards 42 | ITNEXT | DECEMBER 2015
AWARDS NIGHT | NEXT1OO SPECIAL
Batch of NEXT100 winners with Dr Raj Kumar Sharma of Arkadin India who gave away the set of awards
Batch of NEXT100 winners with D Chandr Sekar of PC Solutions who gave away the set of awards
Batch of NEXT100 winners with Rizwan Naikwadi of Symphony SUMMIT who gave away the set of awards DECEMBER 2015 | ITNEXT | 43
NEXT1OO SPECIAL | AWARDS NIGHT
Batch of NEXT100 winners with Mehul Doshi of Fujitsu who gave away the set of awards
Batch of NEXT100 winners with R Giridhar of 9.9 Media who gave away the set of awards
Batch of NEXT100 winners with Vikas Gupta of 9.9 Media who gave away the set of awards 44 | ITNEXT | DECEMBER 2015
AWARDS NIGHT | NEXT1OO SPECIAL
Batch of NEXT100 winners with Krishna Kumar of 9.9 Media who gave away the set of awards
Batch of NEXT100 winners with Prof Rajat Moona, who gave away the set of awards
Batch of NEXT100 winners with Jaydeep Deshpande of Qlik, who gave away the set of awards
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TECHNOLOGY AWARDS
CIONEXT Hybrid Cloud award sponsored by PC Solutions presented by D Chandr Sekar, PC Solutions to Vikas Madan
CIONEXT Secure Application Delivery award sponsored by F5 Networks presented by by Rajesh Jain, Head-Systems Engineering, F5 Networks to Upkar Singh
Drummers present traditional drum arts of Maharashtra
FELICITATING THE JURY
Jury members were felicitated by 9.9 Media Group Editor R Giridhar and Managing Editor Shyamanuja Das 48 | ITNEXT | DECEMBER 2015
AWARDS NIGHT | NEXT1OO SPECIAL
NEXT100 BOOK LAUNCH
The NEXT100 book is being launched jointly by R Giridhar, Group Editor, 9.9 Media and Dr Raj Kumar Sharma, Vice President-Sales, Arkadin India
THANKING THE PARTNERS
Sponsors were felicitated by Vikas Gupta, Director, 9.9 Media and Publisher of IT Next DECEMBER 2015 | ITNEXT | 49
NEXT1OO SPECIAL | AWARDS NIGHT
THANKING THE PARTNERS
Sponsors were felicitated by Vikas Gupta, Director, 9.9 Media and Publisher of IT Next 50 | ITNEXT | DECEMBER 2015
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AWARDS NIGHT | NEXT1OO SPECIAL
LUCKY DRAWS
Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re feeling lucky. There were lots of prizes too - from televisions to trip to Munich given away by partners
DECEMBER 2015 | ITNEXT | 51
NEXT1OO SPECIAL | AWARDS NIGHT
NEXT100 Awards
Celebrating the New Leaders
Traditional drummers welcome the guests and delegates 38 | ITNEXT | DECEMBER 2015
AWARDS NIGHT | NEXT1OO SPECIAL
Time: 6 pm onwards. Date: December 4, 2015. Venue: JW Mariott Pune It was time for the winnersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; night: the night to celebrate leadership; excellence and innovation. It was time for conferring the NEXT100 Awards 2015. Celebration was clearly in the air as the night came with all its grandeur--winning moments, inspiring talks and the best of local folk art. Some memorable momentsâ&#x20AC;Ś
Prof Rajat Moona, Director General, C-DAC and Chief Guest at the NEXT 100 Awards ceremony inaugurates by lighting the lamp, with Vikas Gupta, Publisher, IT Next. DECEMBER 2015 | ITNEXT | 39
NEXT1OO SPECIAL | AWARDS NIGHT
Vikas Gupta, Publisher IT Next welcomes winner, jury and other guests as the ceremony begins
Prof Moona delivers his inaugural address …
…and the audience is all attention
40 | ITNEXT | DECEMBER 2015
LEADERSHIP TALK
Jaydeep Deshpande Head-Marketing India, Qliktech India
SAkash Saraf Chief Architect, Converged Data Technologies
Rajesh Jain Head-Systems Engineering, F5 Networks
Sunil Sharma VP Sales-India & SAARC, Sophos
Dr Raj Kumar Sharma Vice President-Sales, Arkadin India
D Chandr Sekar EVP Technical & COO, PC Solutions DECEMBER 2015 | ITNEXT | 41
THE WINNERS
Batch of NEXT100 winners with Akash Saraf of Converged Data, who gave away the set of awards
Batch of NEXT100 winners with Rajesh Jain of F5, who gave away the set of awards
Batch of NEXT100 winners with Sunil Sharma of Sophos, who gave away the set of awards 42 | ITNEXT | DECEMBER 2015
AWARDS NIGHT | NEXT1OO SPECIAL
Batch of NEXT100 winners with Dr Raj Kumar Sharma of Arkadin India who gave away the set of awards
Batch of NEXT100 winners with D Chandr Sekar of PC Solutions who gave away the set of awards
Batch of NEXT100 winners with Rizwan Naikwadi of Symphony SUMMIT who gave away the set of awards DECEMBER 2015 | ITNEXT | 43
NEXT1OO SPECIAL | AWARDS NIGHT
Batch of NEXT100 winners with Mehul Doshi of Fujitsu who gave away the set of awards
Batch of NEXT100 winners with R Giridhar of 9.9 Media who gave away the set of awards
Batch of NEXT100 winners with Vikas Gupta of 9.9 Media who gave away the set of awards 44 | ITNEXT | DECEMBER 2015
AWARDS NIGHT | NEXT1OO SPECIAL
Batch of NEXT100 winners with Krishna Kumar of 9.9 Media who gave away the set of awards
Batch of NEXT100 winners with Prof Rajat Moona, who gave away the set of awards
Batch of NEXT100 winners with Jaydeep Deshpande of Qlik, who gave away the set of awards
DECEMBER 2015 | ITNEXT | 45
TECHNOLOGY AWARDS
CIONEXT Hybrid Cloud award sponsored by PC Solutions presented by D Chandr Sekar, PC Solutions to Vikas Madan
CIONEXT Secure Application Delivery award sponsored by F5 Networks presented by by Rajesh Jain, Head-Systems Engineering, F5 Networks to Upkar Singh
Drummers present traditional drum arts of Maharashtra
FELICITATING THE JURY
Jury members were felicitated by 9.9 Media Group Editor R Giridhar and Managing Editor Shyamanuja Das 48 | ITNEXT | DECEMBER 2015
AWARDS NIGHT | NEXT1OO SPECIAL
NEXT100 BOOK LAUNCH
The NEXT100 book is being launched jointly by R Giridhar, Group Editor, 9.9 Media and Dr Raj Kumar Sharma, Vice President-Sales, Arkadin India
THANKING THE PARTNERS
Sponsors were felicitated by Vikas Gupta, Director, 9.9 Media and Publisher of IT Next DECEMBER 2015 | ITNEXT | 49
NEXT1OO SPECIAL | AWARDS NIGHT
THANKING THE PARTNERS
Sponsors were felicitated by Vikas Gupta, Director, 9.9 Media and Publisher of IT Next 50 | ITNEXT | DECEMBER 2015
DECEMBER 2015 | ITNEXT | 50
AWARDS NIGHT | NEXT1OO SPECIAL
LUCKY DRAWS
Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re feeling lucky. There were lots of prizes too - from televisions to trip to Munich given away by partners
DECEMBER 2015 | ITNEXT | 51
NEXT1OO SPECIAL | DATE CENTER VISIT
Visit to Ctrl-S Data Center The second day of the NEXT100 event marked the visit to Ctrl-S data center in Navi Mumbai. Indiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s future CIOs took the round, clarified their points with the Ctrl-S executives and attended a brief presentation by the company before attending the Lunch, hosted by Ctrl-S
Ctrl S VP Suresh Rathod makes a point about Ctrl-S capability
En route to Mumbai, from Pune 52 | ITNEXT | DECEMBER 2015
DATE CENTER VISIT | NEXT1OO SPECIAL
NEXT 100 winners arrive at Ctrl-S Data Center in Navi Mumbai
Professionalism does matter. You have to go through the security checks, even if you are a Next100 winner
View from the top of some of Indiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top technology managers
Learning a point or two about Ctrl-S data center capability DECEMBER 2015 | ITNEXT | 53